Cookies & Cream Poke Cake Recipe

This cookies & cream poke cake is an easy dessert to make if you need a quick treat for a family get together. And it feeds a lot of people.

When it comes to bringing something to a family gathering, I usually opt for a dessert. I think that one, everybody loves a good dessert, and two, there are so many options when it comes to making a dessert that can feed a lot of people.

I was cruising the baking aisle one day in my Kroger store and spotted a box of Oreo brand cookies and cream instant pudding mix. As soon as I saw that, I knew that my next dessert would be a cookies and cream poke cake. I grabbed the box of pudding, along with a basic chocolate cake mix, and headed over to the cookies aisle. The ingredients to make this cake really don’t cost a lot and I knew that it could feed at least 15 people. We were planning on having dinner with my family the next day and I told my mom I wanted to bring dessert.

This cookies and cream poke cake was a huge hit with everyone! Kids and adults scarfed this cake down and most of them had seconds. Like I said, it can feed a lot of people.

Cookies & Cream Poke Cake

Cookies & Cream Poke Cake Recipe

Recipe Type: dessert

Author: Liz Call – lizoncall.com

Prep time: 2 hours

Cook time: 30 mins

Total time: 2 hours 30 mins

Serves: 15 servings

An easy dessert that can feed a lot of people.

Ingredients

1 boxed chocolate cake mix
oil, eggs, water – whatever is called for on the cake box
1 (4.5 oz) box Oreo cookies and cream instant pudding mix
2 cups milk
8 oz cool whip – thawed
10 Oreo cookies crushed

Instructions

Bake chocolate cake according to package directions. (for 9×13 pan)
While still warm, poke holes in the top of the cake with end of a wooden spoon.
Mix pudding and milk together.
As soon as it starts to thicken, pour over prepared cake and spread over entire top, making sure to get some into the holes.
Let the cake chill for at least an hour.
Spread cool whip over the top of the cake.
Sprinkle crushed Oreos over the top of the cake.
Chill cake until ready to serve.

I’m not even a big fan of chocolate cake, but with the addition of the cookies and cream pudding and cool whip, I thought there was a good balance and it wasn’t too chocolatey for me.